Tehran, YJC. Political analyst says that a nuclear agreement with Iran is key to a US long-term plan to ensure its presence in the Far East and the Pacific.

Dr. Karim Pakzad, member of the French Strategic
International Relations Institute in interview with Mehr news agency said "I
believe that there is a will, both on the Iranian side and the American side,
to reach a nuclear agreement. Each of the two has its own evaluation of the situation.
The US knows that Iran has made a lot of compromises on its nuclear program and
that the only problem existing is the number of the centrifuges that have to be
kept active in Iran. I think that the US would agree that Iran should keep half
of its centrifuges. This is a very important issue because keeping them would
mean that the US has recognized Iran’s right to enrichment.”

"On the other side, Iran also is willing to make a
comprehensive deal on the nuclear program. Since, first of all, through such an
agreement Iran will have the enrichment right, which is a great victory for the
country,” he said, adding "The other issue is that with such an agreement, the
pressure of economical, trade, and banking sanctions on Iran will reduce, because
the sanctions had complicated the country’s economic affairs. I do not think
that it would be in Iran’s interests to go on with the sanctions. Iran is a
country with all that it takes to become a power, which I do not believe that
Tehran would desire missing the chance of only for the sanctions.”

He further stated "Another problem against which the US and
other western countries have so far withstood, is the opposition shown by Israel
and its lobbies against any kind of deal with Iran. I believe that Iranian’s
know the fact that despite heavy pressure by Israel and the fact that the US
Congress is mostly comprised of conservatives that are in agreement with Israel,
the US president has managed to continue the negotiations. But another problem
is that countries such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and Arab countries in
general, do not regard the nuclearization of Iran favorably. One of the things
that I believe has contributed to a darkening atmosphere between Tehran and
Riyadh in the recent years is that the latter is witnessing that Iran is
turning into a nuclear power day by day.”

"Another issue which is also highly important is that the US
is leaving its footing in the Middle East, the reason for which is that the
country is being drawn to the Far East and the Pacific where the world’s
economic future is taking shape. The US wants to leave the Middle East, but at
the same time it does not want to make the region insecure by doing so. The ISIL
crisis in Iraq was a loss that the US suffered in its policy to leave the
Middle East, because it forces the US to hold its presence in the Middle East
for a longer period.”